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Promoting Access to Safe, Appropriate, Cost-Effective Behavioral Health Care

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Published on Feb 9, 2017

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Health plans have worked diligently and successfully to ensure compliance with requirements of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).

Health plans have adopted a variety of medical management tools that are used across both medical/surgical and mental health/substance use disorder benefits to help promote access to safe, appropriate, and cost-effective health care.

The value of medical management, long recognized by health plans and employers in the private sector, has also been affirmed in federal regulations and guidance.